That sux, hope he's alright.

As an employer I had to make sure all my guys were following vic worksafe procedures, especially when working in public areas. Working from 6m, he should've had a 'safe landing platform' 2m or less below him, or a snatch harness rig attached.

I'm guessing his employer will get his a** kicked for this one, or if he's self employed, he could end up paying for it in dollars and in pain & rehab by the sound of it. Do you guys have regs where you have to hold a 'red-card' to enter job sites or work in public?

In vic this is enforced regularly, although I walked past a building yesterday with a 6m ladder leaning against it with it's legs on the footpath, and not tied off at the top! could've been nasty for the tradey or public if it fell.

Unfortunately these types of incidents occur too often and more often then not its due to either laziness with emphasis on just getting the job done or just dumb pride - people don't want to be seen as pansies because a task 'might' have 'some' inherent danger.

And its not just restricted to tradies though its everyday people going about their business. ie using pedestrian crossings, people duing U-turns in stupid places rather than just driving a few more hundred metres and pulling down a back street to turn around